A global dataset of more than 3,000 ground motion records from 536 sites from Greece, Italy,
Turkey, USA and Japan is compiled and used to propose code-oriented elastic acceleration …

Using velocity profiles from sites in Japan, California, Turkey, and Europe, we find that the
time-averaged shear-wave velocity to 30 m (VS 30), used as a proxy for site amplification in …

The seismic codes of many countries base their site classifications on the Vs30 parameter,
ie, the average shear-wave velocity in the first 30 m of subsoil. And yet, despite the …

We have used the Artificial Neural Network method (ANN) for the derivation of physically
sound, easy-to-handle, predictive ground-motion models from a subset of the Reference …

We evaluate the usefulness of the horizontal-to-vertical (H/V) response spectral ratio as a
parameter to describe site response. In particular we compare its effectiveness with that of …

A series of investigations has been carried out over the last decade in Europe aimed at
deriving quantitative information on site amplification from non-invasive techniques, based …

The paper presents an alternative site classification scheme and associated intensity
dependent spectral amplification factors, aiming to contribute to the ongoing revision of …

Italy is a seismically active country and has been the site of several large and extremely
damaging earthquakes since historical times. Tragic examples of these earthquakes in the …

1-D shear wave velocity structure is important for site effect studies and geotechnical
engineering, but it is quite difficult and expensive to derive from the conventional …

This paper presents empirical correlations between amplification factors and simple site
parameters derived from a large subset of the KiK-net data. The amplification factor is …